what is the rated wattage of the blanket? That is, how many min/max watts of power are necessary to make it work? It should say on the mfg. label.
28327
Sorry! Can't look up that info as I threw that blanket out already as it only lasted 5 months. Also note, the control was very hard to turn to desired heat level which is not good for anyone with a grip problem.
854224
I would recommend giving it a try. Try it on a small area in the corner at first and set it to the highest setting. I cannot guarantee it won't damage your blanket, but if you're careful, I would think not.
19293
1. Is it plugged in to a functioning outlet? 2. Is it turned on (light on after pushing top left button on control)? 3) Have you selected a temperature (bottom right button on control)? If the answer to all three is positive, your blanket may be defective (mine works when all answers are affirmative)/
456320
This is an impossible questions to answer as it depends entirely on how many hours a day you have it on. If it is on continuously it uses 150 Watts per hour or 1,314 kWhrs (or units) of electricity per year. I have mine connected by a switch timer for about 3 hours a day from 6:30 am until 9:30 am. This reduce the units used to about 164 units per year. It takes about 20 to 30 minutes to warm up the towels to a nice temperature and then one of us generally gets up about 7 am and the other 7:30. It could go off earlier if we were consistent when we get up but some days it is an hour later but as we are both retired it is somewhat random. If your use a timer which also has days of the week programmed you may only need to keep it on for 2 hours day timed for hone you get up. On weekends you could set it for a later start. Please remember that this towel warmer does NOT have a thermostat. It is not needed. I left on deliberately for 6 oto 8 hours to see how hot it would get with and without the towels on it. It does get hot but not in my humble opinion hot enough to burn you if you touched itbut you will know about about it. I was wanted to know what happened to the towels it did not get any where close to stroking them. Sorry for the long answer but your question needed a broader answer than you were probably expecting.
477724
You should ask the manufacture of the earthing sheet. Electric blankets arnt good for you tho:/
64388
Have no way to measure actual wattage use. It is a great night light and I now have 3 of them.
1131251
The labelled wattage is 24 watts. It works much better than 17 watt unit it replaced. I'm about to order another one for my garage. I just wish it was 30-35 watts and had an auto-shutoff. Auto-shutoff is such an obvious requirement that I wonder why no one offers it.
122256
I had the same question - so I connect one unit into a WattMeter (measures accumulated power (KWph). Turned the unit on with the remote but nothing plugged into it. It has been running now for 6.5 days and the WattMeter shows that ONLY 0.08kw has been used. Remarkable !!! That works out to 0.012Kw per day or projecting out for a month would be 0.3g9Kw. An excellent product with MANY possible applications!
439679
It does not say on the product itself, this a high quality constructed item though (I have 2). I can't imagine there being any safety issues unless you were to exceed the maximum rated Watts of 660W.
318451
If the blankets have a car adapter plug, this unit is a possibility. The only concern would be how much power the blankets need. If they are typical electric blankets, just DC, this unit is probably not powerful enough. You would need an ac to dc converter that would provide enough power.
353292
Their blankets use between 14 and 18 volts depending upon the model. It has a converter that changes the 120 volts to a safer voltage. All others are 120 volt. It is almost impossible to receive an electrical shock from this low-voltage blanket. That is why I purchased it. When I got it I was amazed at the quality of the fabric. Never any pilling as the old electric blankets. The power consumed is approximately 1 watt - far less than a typical nite lite.
2046087
No not without converter. Resistive load of blanket is ok with 50 or 60 Hertz. You just need to drop voltage to 120 volts.
19292
1. Is it plugged in to a functioning outlet? 2. Is it turned on (light on after pushing top left button on control)?3) Have you selected a temperature (bottom right button on control)? If the answer to all three is positive, your blanket may be defective (mine works when all answers are affirmative)/
2055082
Reading the label on the unit, it says it uses 72 watts of electricity. In my area, where electricity is about 14 cents per kilowatt hour, that seems to be a little less than 1 cent per hour. It's a small price to pay for what the light appears to do.
1808237
You can use a 10000 watt generator if you want, but you can only run 1875 watts through the switch. Think of it as an extension cord, you can plug in a light duty cord into any size generator, put you can only pull a limited amount of power through the cord- it's rated wattage.
2020591
if i am reading the label on it right.. It says 45-50 watts next to teh AC info. But don't hold me to that. LOL
1180079
It turns off automatically after 10 hours and when ours worked, we never had an issue, like clock work, it turned off. The problem is, the blanket we bought only lasted 2 months and then stopped working. I bought another one that worked 1 day and stopped working and returned it for a 3rd one that has been working for 2 weeks now - fingers crossed it doesn't stop working.